nicholld:

Soldier & Pretty French Girl by J.C. Leyendecker

Ah, language barriers. Poor fellow, hehe.

cestlavieparis:

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (jazz version)

lucreza:

history meme | ten moments ∙ the salem witch trials of 1692-1693

The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil’s magic—and 20 were executed by: hanging, being pressed to death under heavy stones, or torture. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft. Dozens languished in jail for months without trials. Then, almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. Since then, the story of the trials has become synonymous with paranoia and injustice, and it continues to beguile the popular imagination more than 300 years later. [x]

notthedroidyouarelookingfor:

history meme || objects [1/8]: paint

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” (Plutarch)

Kaizers Orchestra - 170

Norwegian

Slapp av me komme snart igjen
(Oh la la me komme snart igjen)
Du vett me får tilstrekkelig med stipend
(Oh la la,får tilstrekkelig med stipend)
Nå går eg inn som frivillig soldat
Når eg går ut har eg blitt far

Det var kveld og det blei dag og kveld igjen
(Oh la la, blei dag og kveld igjen)
Eg skreiv brev på brev men eg fekk aldri brev igjen
(Oh la la, på brev men eg fekk aldri brev igjen)
Et halvt år med skudd og åpne sår
Et halvt år. Herre Gud, tiå går så seint

Takk Gud for sanitetens personal
(Oh la la, sanitentens personal)
For de syr samen rekrutt og general
(Oh la la, rekrutt og general)
Dagen kom, eg venta på signal
Eg fekk min siste ordre i frå høgaste befal

og han skreik
170 gå å sjå om det er klart
(Oh la la, gå å sjå om det er klart)
Nei general, la meg få sleppa general
(Oh la la, la meg få sleppa general)
Det er lett for deg å senda inn en frivillig soldat
men kven skal ta seg av min hustru og mitt barn?

170 er det klart, er det klart?
(Oh la la, me vente på et svar!)
170 me vente på et svar!
(Oh la la, er det klart, er det klart?)
(x2)

English

Relax, I’ll soon be returning soon,
(Ooh lala I’ll be returning soon)
You know I’ll receive enough scholarship money
(Oh lala sufficient scholarship)
Now I enlist as a voluntary soldier
When I leave, I’ll be a father

It was night and it turned into day and night again
(Oh la la, it became day and turned to night again)
I wrote letter after letter but none were ever returned
(Oh la la, I never got a letter back)
Half a year with shots and open wounds
Half a year, oh god, time passes so slowly

Thank God for the doctors and nurses,
(Oh la la, for doctors and nurses)
‘Cause they sew together recruits and generals
(Oh la la recruits and generals)
The day came, and I waited for the signal,
I got my last order from the highest in command

And he yelled,
170, go and see if the coast is clear.
(Oh la la, go and see if the coast is clear)
No, General, please don’t make me
(Oh la la, please don’t make me go)
It’s easy for you to send a volunteer soldier,
But who will take care of my wife and child?

170, is the coast clear, is the coast clear?
(Oh la la I’m waiting for an answer)
170, I’m waiting for an answer
(Oh la la is the coast clear? Is the coast clear?)
(x2)

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (via mythologyofblue)

toomanyforgottendreams:

kerilu:

mtnduh:

Coca-Cola’s long experimented with its vending machines, trying to make them more technologically advanced than the average soda-spitter-outer.

In the past, they’ve been known to give you a beverage only if you give them a hug, or if you dance or sing in front of them. Now, the beverage giant is attempting a much loftier goal: world peace.

Behind Coke’s Attempt to Unite Indians and Pakistanis with Vending Machines

this video is tears — like cryingidon’tcareitmustnotbecapitalismihopeit’sreal tears it’s so stunning

wah cool!

This video is so beautiful. I don’t think a commercial has ever made me cry before…

itsjohnsen:

The SS march through Prague to enforce martial law after the execution of three Czech rebels. November 13, 1939.
Anonymous

dressesofchina:

Empress Crown of the Ming-dynasty Empress Xiaojing (1565－1611)